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Originally Posted by Jake Benson
The strain screw as it has been called in these posts was indeed about a half a turn loose. I tightened it. I hope this solves my problems. I am going to shoot it one more time to see. If there is still a problem, I will send it back to Smith and Wesson as suggested.
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My 686 was not igniting Federal Small Rifle primers (very slow powder reloads) after many years of reliable use. I replaced the strain screw with an 8-32 X 1/2" UNC hex head screw installed with blue Loctite. No more misfires.
A friend I shoot with has a new 929 and the strain screw was backing out after 40-50 rounds. I gave them an identical screw to install.